My parents bought me Rival Truf and told me it was Final Fight. I knew it wasn't, but I put in the game anyway to play (I rarely got games back then). To my surprise it was a lot of fun.
It actually did, but they didn't have time to finish it so it was deactivated. There's a ROM hack out now which re-activated the two player mode and allows all three characters to be selected.
The best way to play Final Fight was Final Fight CD on SEGA CD. Uncut, voice acting, 2 player coop, all levels, plus 3 extra levels with time-attack-mode and new CD-sound.
Stossels insufferable, I'm kinda shocked youtube allows his channel to continue despite him touting ultra right wing facist ideals under the guise of personal freedom.
@@BoleDaPole Well, now, that's just, like, your opinion, man. Try actually watching his program all the way through. Or maybe you should try looking up the definitions of those fancy scary words you so fondly seem to use as a weapon. I do not think it means, what you think it means.
Thank you for this episode. Back when video stores were a thing my parents would take me with them every weekend and I could pick out a game or two to rent for the weekend. Seeing all these game covers reminded me why I passed up on renting/buying these games. Glad you added gameplay so I know what I passed up on over 2 decades later.
I remember picking up Solstice 2 Equinox based solely on the cover art, this was in Europe and the Pal version cover art was a complete lie. I was scolded by my brother who played the game and then he told me I was never going to be allowed to pick another Super Nintendo game from the store ever again.
Deadly Towers. Cover art that looked like a Frank Frazetta painting. Gameplay that involved a kid with a horned baseball cap who fights bouncy balls and puddles.
Super Fire Pro Wrestling brings back memories of using the Road Warriors who I found out later in my life had been really good friends with my great uncle. RIP to all of em 🙏🏼🤘🏼
Great writing, Drunk! Been binge watching your channel again...I love your analysis! I usually find myself agreeing with you, and you've certainly opened my eyes to a lot of SNES/SFC games that I didn't even know existed!
@@applejuicejunkie316 I swear there was another game by Jaleco (makers of Rival Turf), called Tough Enough. Had one character which looked the same in both games.
I don't know what you're talking about with Buster Bros - those kids look cool _as hell_ with their hi-tops, sunglasses and backwards caps - every kid in the 90's Don't you pretend otherwise; you cringe _now_ as an _old man_ , but we all *were* that kid at some point around '91, lol And then, around '94, we all were those kids in the _Rival Turf_ cover, lol. NINETIES! (^-^)
Certainly not now. There's tons of people who jump on that kinda thing _now_ . But back in the 90's if you were a kid you probably looked like that at some point. Maybe had different patterns on your T-shirt , or different color of shorts, but it's pretty normal clothing for a kid back then. And fundamentally, there's nothing wrong with putting kids on the cover who resemble the kids you want to buy the game...... Though, I will admit.... perhaps there is something about the sunglasses that makes the kids seem a bit unappealing? Maybe something about the facial expressions? A little bit of smugness comes through there, I admit. They give off a bit of a "punchable face" vibe, sure.... they actually kinda remind me of _Rascal_ on the PS1, though by the time they tried to get away with it, kids just didn't look like this. But I think Buster Bros hit at the right time. And compared to _Kid Chameleon_ ? Now, that's crossing the line - NO KID had a leather jacket, or sported slicked back hair. Who are you trying to fool, Sega? THAT's outrageous; totally immersion breaking :P
"He looks like a combination of Malcolm McDowell and the guy from The Wallflowers" I have never seen a more accurate description of someone in my entire life
My favorite part about Rival Turf was the fact that you could rename most of the enemies in the game. However, you had to complete the entire game first before it allowed this. But I think there was a code to either do it right away, or just get to the end fast so you could start a new game much quicker. I did this over and over. I was so easily amused back then.
I loved Rival Turf, I used to asked my friends do they remember the game with the two kids on it because I forgot the name of it. They had no clue what I was talking about.
SNES drunk on fire this episode! Thoroughly entertained throughout! Would love to see a Part 2! Thanks for the upload! I'm using way too many exclamation marks!
I never thought I would learn the origin of the sprite of the character Bathios James, AKA Ultimate Hellbane, from Charles Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden. Thank you so much for this.
I learned that the ‘Phalanx’ guy was born in the same town back in Sweden where I was born. How random is that! His name was Bertil Valley, and he was born in Gothenburg all the way back in 1913, but he grew up in Los Angeles, and resided in the Seattle area.
Aw man that moment in a 90s kid's life when your parent said "OK, you can get ONE game from the clearance/sale/bargain bin". You had no smart phones to quickly look up reviews or something. All you had was cover art, the back of the box synopsis and screencaps, and if you were really brave, the word of the guy behind the counter. And you had just minutes to decide.
Agreed, I immediately recognized him too when I saw the video. It's even his signature face, everything the RU-vidr said about this cover is wrong, it's a perfect fit.
When I was a kid my aunt who knew nothing about video games got me Super Buster Bros as a birthday present. I remember seeing the box and thinking “what in the heck…?” Fast forward to today and that game is one of my ultimate hidden gems! It really is an addicting game and every time someone tried it, they always wanted to play it again when they came over.
Rival turf is my childhood! Born in '91 with two elder brothers, two younger brothers and a little sister! We really played the sh*t out of this game, it's awesome!
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I remember the first time I beat Rival Turf. It was with my best friend and his cool little brother at his house. Spent the night with a Bigfoot pizza and when you died, you had to pass the controller. When we were watching the credits roll, the sun came up. Good times.
"yes I'm gonna stick with baseball bat" your humour isn't loud and so much in your face like other RU-vidrs which I really really enjoy. You made me laugh many times throughout this video. Subscribed!
I think the x-kaliber 2097 cover is fine? its pretty bold, the logo with a sword to give a clue the player character uses a sword, despite the futuristic background of it to compliment the year its based in. i dont see whats wrong there. its obviously not a racing game if theres a giant sword infront of you, you can only assume its at least an action game. it tells more about the game than lots of popular covers do
Excalibur is the name of a famous sword so people should have got that hint right away without seeing any pic of a sword, although it is spelled differently in this game, it's still not hard to figure out. They could have done better with this cover. It was pure laziness.
@Some characters aren't allowed So a battleship, a mech or a cannon is a variation of King Arthur's sword? Dude I have to read the saga again, I wasn't aware he used a transformer. The game came out on a console made by a Japanese manufacturer and developed by Japanese game studios Fupac and Winds. Maybe snap out of your American-only world, dude.
The Creeper LMAO! Bliss is in the eye of the beholder... but the full story is, I got called into work over the weekend and so got comp time off work thru tomorrow, and getting to chillax at home when I'd normally be working is what I was goin on about earlier. No sir, ain't nobody drinkin no beer before work (and certainly before a 50 minute commute)!
I feel ya man, its 5:06am, had a couple Jameson + ginger ale and now onto beer, digiorno in the freezer and chilling watching RU-vid lol (I'm off today and tomorrow people so no need for a backlash lol) I work overnights as a cnc machinist so this time of day is normal for me lol
Back in the 90s Covers where all the way to get a game lol haha. Man can you make a review to the *Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.S.* Game, i would really love to see your opinion! GREAT video as always man! Greetings!
Sometimes they did a nice job, like in Contra: Hard Corps. The japanese cover looked like a badass 90s anime, while the western one looks like it could fit perfectly in a comic book of the time. I think bad covers happened because of marketing guys who didn't gave a fuck about the industry and were there just for a monthly paycheck.
"So what are you thinking for the cover?" "Well my son and his friend from AP calculus are studying in the other room I figure we'd just dress them at the Salvation Army and slap a building in the background at the wrong angle" "Perfect. Budget is $6"
Salute Your Shorts reference opened up a Wonka tunnel of nostalgia featuring, Pete & Pete, Space Cases, Clarissa Explains It All and The Secret World of Alex Mack.
Also, Rival Turf is so unintentionally funny, the bosses have some bizarre animations as funny dump names for each, one of them is a rapper who can get killed by his own goons, a car passes by dropping more enemies and if you make the boss stand in the middle of the road he can get run over by that car.
My brothers and I had great fun with Rival Turf. I can't even remember how we got it. It certainly isn't something we would have looked for or been excited about. Every once in a while, we still do a playthrough when we get together. Holding down the L button the whole time makes your character run around like a maniac! It's a riot!
Box art is the only reason I ended up getting games like Cybernator, Super Metroid, and Super Aleste back in the day. When you think about how much the picture on the cover influenced sales it's kinda wild how many titles chose to half-ass it.
Metal Marines box art makes perfect sense. The guy is YOU looking over the war zone that you're in command of. There's also misses which is a main feature of the game. The two right arms? ... No I'm asking you cause I have no idea hahaha great video.
I was paying respect to him, he graduated long ago from merely being Bob Dylan's son and living in his shadow, to being "that guy from the Wallflowers"
Rival Turf was never rented out at the video store, it was one of the few rentals that still had the instruction booklet in the plastic game container.
Loved Metal Marines as a kid one of the few games I should have bought because I rented it so much. As well as one of the few bright spots in the SNES strategy genre. It was way ahead of its time! still play it today..
I just did a video on some Super Famicom wrestling games over on my channel, and while Super Fire Pro Wrestling isn't a bad game, I would say it's one of those cases where there are so many sequels (there are at least NINE Fire Pro games on the Super Famicom) and most of them improve in some way or another. I'd recommend Super Fire Pro X Premium (the last release, but also the most sought-after) or Queen's Special over the original Super Fire Pro. Also, love that Phalanx box art.
On the Stick as a wrestling fan, i think fire pro wrestling is the most versatile,simple and amazing wrestling game, that game aged well not like some wrestling game with outdated wrestlers, in this game, you could just make that character and the pixel art really helps to make it looks like it.
Not into sports games at all, but if anybody's planning on going to Japan to get a Super Famicom and some games, I've seen some of the games in this series for as little as 30 yen if you shop around.
I see the Super NES box art of Rival Turf!, and I'm like "Just look at these guys. What is this? From a failed audition to join New Kids on the Block? A magazine ad for Bugle Boy jeans? These guys are straight out of central casting for Salute Your Shorts." And here they are promoting a beat 'em up game.
I don't know if I'm imagining it, but I remember there being a commercial of Phalanx game with that old man. I think we was playing his banjo explaining the legend of a space battle.
7:40 Ah, yes, the Rushing Beat series of beat them ups in Japan. They are a trilogy, you have Rushing Beat, then Rushing Beat Ran - Fukusei Toshi, and finally the third and final game Rushing Beat Shura. The interesting thing is that all three games were published in the USA, but all of them under a different title and none of them with any hint that they were sequels to each other. Rushing Beat was localized as Rival Turf!, Rushing Beat Ran was localized as Brawl Brothers, and finally Rushing Beat Shura was localized as The Peace Keepers. If you played any of those titles in the west you would know that the only things they have in common is that they are beat em ups.
The Goalie on the cover of the soccer game is german goal keeper Oliver Kahn. And fun fact about Super Fire Wrestling, all those wrestlers were featured without the permission of the wrestlers. And according to then they didnt care, they just thought it was cool that they could play themselves on a video game.